#18 - Weight Loss, Saying No & Weight Lifting with Mrs. Wise Eats
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Release Date: 12/24/2019
#36: Christmas Special, This Day in Diet History, Healthy Chocolate Chip Cookies
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Ho ho ho, wise guys and gals! In this special Christmas edition of the podcast, we’re dishing up another enlightening segment of This Day in Diet History, where I break down my poor diet from Christmas Eve 2009 and compare with today. We’re talking about the types of foods you should be eating and avoiding to get in shape and optimize your health! Plus, a healthy chocolate chip cookie recipe that Santa is sure to love!
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#35: 10 Key Takeaways from The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle
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In Episode 35, I’m sharing my 10 key takeaways from The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle, with a little help from my old Spaceballs friends. It’s a spiritual enlightenment edition of the Wise Eats Podcast!
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#34: Meditation: Benefits, Tips, My Experience & 10-Minute Guided Meditation Routine
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In this episode, we’re talking meditation! As part of my New Years’ resolution for 2020, I meditated for at least 5 minutes every single day for two months. I’ll be sharing the results, the benefits of meditation, and my 10-minute meditation routine. All of this and more in Episode 34! Namaste, wise guys and gals!
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#33: The Ab Shredder: 15-Minute Core & Ab Workout + 5-Minute Mobility (Home Workout)
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This is a workout I have loved for years and wanted to share because it’s highly effective, equipment-free, and can be done anywhere, which many people are needing right now in these crazy times.
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#32: My Daily Routine for Optimized Energy & High Performance Habits for Success
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In Episode 32, we’re dishing up my daily routine for optimized health and productivity. I’m going over my full routine that promotes high performance, energy, and mental clarity. These are the exact behaviors I follow every day in order to improve health and achieve goals. While there are some day-to-day fluctuations, many of these habits are constant, non-negotiable aspects of my daily life.
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#31: Halloween Spooktacular – 2020 Costumes, Holiday History & Healthy Tips
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Episode 31 is a Halloween Spooktacular, with plenty of frights and sights to feast your eyes upon. We’re talking about the COVID-19 impact on Halloween, new costumes in 2020, some Halloween history, and 8 tips for you to enjoy a healthy and safe holiday this year. Happy Halloween!
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#30 - Halloween Candy Review – Ingredients, Health Effects, Fun Facts, Healthy Alternatives
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In Episode 30, we’re talking about the ingredient lists of many popular Halloween candies and why you probably want to avoid most of them. All with a little help from my good buddy, Beetlejuice!
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#29 - Quick Bites: Cost per Calorie, Baby Wise Update, 2020 Election, Fasted Lifting & More!
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In Episode 29, we dish up some quick bites, including my take on the 2020 election, a baby Wise update, the highest and lowest cost per calorie foods we have in our kitchen, some workout talk, fasted lifting, and more!
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#28 - Quick Bites: MAPS Split Review, Instant Oatmeal Recipe, Babies, Breakfast Cereal, and Birthday Cake
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In Episode 28, we dish up a brand-new healthy breakfast recipe and do a special edition of quick bites, where I review the MAPS Split workout program and discuss movies, music, diet tips, a special announcement, and more!
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#27 - This Day in Diet History September 2020 – Comparing 2009 Diet to Today
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In Episode 27, we dish up another edition of This Day in Diet History, where we take a look at my embarrassing diet journal entries of the past, compare them with today, and provide a little entertainment in the process.
info_outlineWeight Loss, Saying No & Weight Lifting with Mrs. Wise Eats (Wise Eats Podcast Episode #18)
In Episode 18, we’re dishing up our first ever interview! My wife, Giovannina, joins the show to share her 39lb weight loss experience and many lessons she learned along the way.
Episode Timestamps
- Intro! Merry Christmas everyone! (0:00)
- Wise-Eats.com/Coaching (2:30)
- Introducing “Mrs. Wise Eats”, my wife, Giovannina (2:50)
- How she lost 39lbs and how long it took (3:20)
- The biggest factor leading to her weight loss: Learning how to say no (3:45)
- Why she prefers weight lifting and walking over cardio nowadays (2:45)
- Gio’s 9-year struggle with sustaining weight loss and why this time it’s different (5:30)
- Her history with crash diets, fad diets, and Whole 30 (5:50)
- The chicken and broccoli diet is not the answer! (7:20)
- Why she no longer uses restrictive diets to lose weight (7:50)
- The importance of sleep and reducing stress (8:30)
- Why reducing stress was her biggest factor for losing weight (9:10)
- Reducing stress through cannabis and saying no (9:40)
- Taking care of yourself first and being selfish about it (10:10)
- The impact that weight lifting has had on her fitness (11:05)
- Her new favorite form of exercise and flexibility of working out at home (12:00)
- Doing deadlifts in the driveway and the power of leading by example! (12:15)
- The results from weight lifting are amazing and it’s more fun than cardio! (13:00)
- How often Gio lifts weights and how she incorporates cardio (13:40)
- Why physical changes from building muscle has become a huge source of inspiration (14:30)
- When did health and fitness first become important? (14:50)
- Have you found a lifestyle/regimen that you feel will be sustainable? (15:35)
- Her current fitness goals and a John Cena Christmas blurb (16:10)
- #GOALS Gio wants to deadlift 200 in 2020 and how much she can lift right now (16:15)
- Making gains! Tracking workouts and getting stronger (16:30)
- Will Ferrell Elf blurb (17:15)
- Biggest motivating factors for transformation: Pregnancy, being your best self, beating genetics (17:20)
- You are in control of your health! (17:50)
- Lessons learned from Rachel Hollis: Don’t break promises to yourself (18:30)
- Randy Orton Christmas wrestling blurb: HO-HO-HO! (20:10)
- How her brother’s struggle with drugs motivated her to improve her health (20:10)
- Scrooged blurb: Getting greedy for the Christmas miracle! (20:45)
- How measuring food for her cannabis plants inspired her to change her diet (20:55)
- Scrooged blurb: It’s time to party! (21:45)
- Quick Bites: Rapid fire questions! (21:55)
- Her favorite form of exercise and favorite specific lift? (22:00)
- Favorite music to work out to? (22:25)
- Current exercise routine/program? (22:55)
- Favorite Wise Eats recipe? (24:10)
- Favorite Un-Wise Choice? Wally’s Custard! (24:40)
- One healthy food in our kitchen you can’t live without? (24:55)
- Golden retriever blurb: Our dog Cohen sharing apples (25:15)
- Something you love diet-wise now that you never thought you would? (25:15)
- Sharpshooter Breakfast Salad shout out. Awesome recipe! (25:45)
- Her favorite source of inspiration & Rachel Hollis’ Girl Wash Your Face (26:00)
- What do you want for Christmas? (26:30)
- Stone Cold Steve Austin stuns Santa! (26:55)
- Favorite Christmas song? (27:00)
- Favorite Christmas movie? Another Elf blurb (27:05)
- Favorite thing about Christmas? Lights & Starbucks! (27:30)
- Chinese food around Christmas time? (28:10)
- Closing thoughts & Gio thanks Wes for being an example (28:30)
- Contact Gio via Instagram @wisegalsgrow or @wise.wifey (29:10)
- Go to Wise-Eats.com/Episode18 for the show notes, YouTube video, recipes, pictures, and more (29:20)
- MERRY CHRISTMAS AND MAKE WISE CHOICES! (29:45)
- BLOOPER REEL (30:00)
- Website Link: Wise-Eats.com/Episode18
- YouTube Video: https://youtu.be/47qUPca_RN0
- Podcast Webpage: Wise-Eats.com/Podcast
- Questions, Comments, Feedback: Wise-Eats.com/Contact
- Instagram: @weswisefitness
- E-Mail: [email protected]
- Facebook: com/wiseeatspodcast
Recipes Mentioned in This Episode:
- Sharpshooter Breakfast Salad: Wise-Eats.com/Sharpshooter
- Complete Recipe List: Wise-Eats.com/Recipes
Articles/Brands/Products Mentioned in This Episode:
- Wise-Eats.com/Coaching
- Wally’s Custard
- Thinner, Leaner, Stronger by Mike Matthews
- Girl, Wash Your Face by Rachel Hollis
- Starbucks
Movie Clips
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Editing Animations Thank You: Darin Roberts aka Misteredit1 on YouTube
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